Staff from the SCARLET team have been awarded the joint second prize for the Association for Learning Technologists “Learning Technology of the Year” team award. The award’s overall purpose is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field. The SCARLET team, led by Mimas and involving academics from the … Read more
Une démonstration du projet SCARLET est à présent disponible, afin de permettre aux utilisateurs de visualiser un échantillon du contenu du projet. Afin d’accéder au contenu, téléchargez l’image ci-dessous et imprimez-la en couleurs. Suivez ensuite les instructions de navigation afin de permettre au navigateur Junaio AR de démarrer la démonstration du contenu SCARLET. Il convient … Read more
Last week I attended the ELI conference in Austin, Texas to present on the progress to date of the SCARLET project and early evaluation findings. The conference was full of provocative ideas and innovative uses of mobile technology, most notably Chris Dede from Harvard who spoke about the EcoMOBILE (Ecosystems Mobile Outdoor Blended Immersive Learning … Read more
As the proliferation of tablet and handheld devices showcased at CES 2012 attest, mobile devices are big business. A growing number of consumers are turning away from what they perceive to be a restrictive desktop environment in a bid to be connected 24/7. The release of faster processors(Acer Iconia Tab A700 has a quad core) … Read more
A SCARLET demonstration channel is now available for the user community to view a sample of the project content. To access the content download the image below and print it out in colour. Next, follow the instructions illustrating the user journey to allow the Junaio AR browser to surface the demo SCARLET content. It should … Read more
The Rylands papyri collection is one of the most important of the world, and constitutes an immense occasion for a papyrologist and ancient historian. It is an immense resource for both research and teaching. Of the about 2,000 Greek and Latin papyri in the collection, 700 have been restored, framed, catalogued and published, but many … Read more
At the project outset, technical architecture and choice of software was considered integral to its level of success. As the project would not be developing any technical code or services, building on existing frameworks available as open source (e.g. AR browsers) it was imperative that the delivery solution would be intuitive,structurally sound and technical viable. … Read more
In parallel with the content development work, I have put together an illustrated document instructing users on the ways that they can interact with the supported content using Augmented Reality and web apps. It was my hope that the images would provide an overview of the process with minimal text to reinforce the user journey. … Read more
After being involved in initial discussions with Guyda Armstrong with regards to content development and storyboarding, I thought it would be beneficial to create a video showing the prototypes current user journey. This may change after we gain insight from the student evaluation that will take place over the next few months, being informed by … Read more
Guyda Armstrong explains the core materials (Editions) used on her course – Beyond the Text: The Book and its Body and how using Augmented Reality will connect students to supplemental resources and commentaries. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6wGEbkDu_8] Read more